Crime & Safety

Man Fatally Shot After Chasing Down Driver Who Hit Bicyclist

Police said man was filming a group of cyclists when one of them, a female, was stuck by a car that fled the scene.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A cancer survivor was shot and killed while standing up for a bicyclist, after a hit-and-run collision during a late night ride in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.

Police said the 39-year-old man was driving a car while filming a group of cyclists near 76th and Champlain around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, when he saw a car hit a 30-year-old woman on her bike, and then flee the scene.

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